The Childhood Injury Prevention and Promotion of Safety Programme (CHIPPS).

Aim The CHIPPS Programme is based in the section of Community Child Health, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The aim of this programme is to develop the scientific basis of child injury prevention and provide England with a centre of excellence in academic and applied research in the field. It sets out to develop a sound information base in the seven health districts of northen England (population 3 million) and to develop injury prevention programmes in the region. The intention is to develop methodologies that could be applied elsewhere. The main foci of the work are: children, unintentional injury, local and regional level work, and on the effects of social deprivation.